Ch 7 Quiz

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Jan Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of

rhythm and repetition.

variety over unity

a symmetrical composition.

an asymmetrically balanced composition.

an asymmetrically balanced composition.

When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist is actually dealing with

actual weight.

the balance between form and content.

proportion.

visual weight.

visual weight.

Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect, because of his designs like the Rasin (Dancing House) primarily because

he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity.

he prioritizes unity over variety.

his buildings were created "after modernism."

he uses architectural elements from different time periods.

he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity.

In Enguerrand Quarton’s Coronation of the Virgin, the artist has organized the design of the composition to emphasize the most important part of the composition, which is the

landscape.

crucifix.

virgin.

crown.

crucifix.

Chartres Cathedral’s rose window best illustrates

the canonical façade.

radial balance.

asymmetrical balance.

asymmetry.

radial balance.

The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of what kind of balance.

asymetrical.

radial symmetry .

bilateral symmetry.

absolute symmetry.

absolute symmetry.

Hokusai’s The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because

everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.

the print is 86 inches in height.

any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced.

the print presents nature in relation to the human figure.

everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.

Proportion is defined as

the relationship between the parts of a composition and the whole.

the comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing.

a flat two-dimensional area.

any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume.

the relationship between the parts of a composition and the whole.

In Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance, a painting on the wall behind the woman depicts

the Last Judgment.

Moses at the burning bush.

the Crucifixion.

the Annunciation.

the Last Judgment.

Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour?

the upper left part of the composition

Joseph’s left foot

Joseph’s right hand

in the child’s (Jesus’) face

in the child’s (Jesus’) face

In the kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana, pattern is associated with

childbirth.

hunting.

food preparation.

social prestige and wealth.

social prestige and wealth.

Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also can creates a sense of

scale.

rhythm.

imbalance.

boring disruption.

rhythm.

When each side of a composition is exactly the same, it shows

asymmetrical balance.

perfect proportion.

absolute symmetry.

visual weight.

absolute symmetry.

In Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas, to what purpose does the artist use symmetry?

to explore her feelings about her husband’s infidelity

to illustrate a dual cultural identity

to explore a religious identity.

to explore feelings about her physical health

to explore her feelings about her husband’s infidelity

The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan

for use as a mosque.

as a museum to house cultural objects of great value.

as a mausoleum for his favorite wife.

as a pilgrimage site.

as a mausoleum for his favorite wife.

The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant, such as the human figure, are known as its

key.

balance.

scale.

proportions.

scale.

Lucas Samaras’s Room No 2 deliberately avoids emphasis, we say that this work is

multilateral.

radially balanced.

afocal.

postmodern.

afocal.

In her painting Still Life with Lobster, Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through

the reliance on asymmetrical balance.

the strong subject matter.

the use of scale.

the manipulation of light and color.

the manipulation of light and color.

What idea promoted beauty of perfect proportions of the human body established by the ancient Greeks which was used as a model for architectural proportion?

golden section

mathematical harmony

canon

aesthetics

canon

Which of these pieces best illustrates a state of opposition and contradiction that empasize variety over unity?

Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man

Laylah Ali’s Untitled

Auguste Rodin’s The Three Shades

Louise Lawler’s Pollock and Tureen

Louise Lawler’s Pollock and Tureen

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